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A letting agent in Ireland has helped to jail a man who was producing cocaine in a rented house. Gardai were alerted to a house in Meadowbrook, Willow Park after a letting agent noticed suspicious activity taking place on the premises. Mixing agents, liquidisers, masking tape and industrial presses were found at the house, while [...]

The rocketing growth of the private rented sector has been highlighted by a record 48,332 new tenants registering in the first quarter of this year with Countrywide Residential Lettings. Applicants rose by 48% over the last quarter of 2009, and by 36% compared with the first quarter of last year. In March, there was the [...]

Landlords must ensure they carry out tenant checks on potential tenants, the National Landlords Association (NLA) has said. David Salusbury, the chairman of the body, said landlords should not consider tenant checks an optional extra. “If a potential tenant has a track record of not paying their rent or states they are employed when in [...]

Thousands of estate agents are trading illegally after failing to sign the OFT’s anti-money laundering register. They are being told that they are risking unlimited fines and jail, although a three-month consultation on how the anti-money laundering regimes is policed and what the penalties should be is still ongoing. By the start of this month, [...]

The landlords of a Southampton property have been fined after a mother and daughter were taken to hospital with carbon monoxide poisoning. Brothers Robert and David Watts were each fined £7,000 and ordered to pay £4,500 worth of costs apiece after being prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). When inspectors visited the house [...]